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Month: October 2019

Microphones in Worship

Proper mic selection and position is the basis for building a solid mix around your drummer. If you start with these basics, you will have a foundation upon which you can begin to layer the rest of the band. Microphone selection This is a very subjective area, and every engineer (and drummer) has his or…

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The Power of Thematic Worship

Psalm 150:2 tells us to “praise Him according to His excellent greatness.” In our church we have found that the excellent greatness of God is most effectively represented in our worship by giving people time to linger and focus on one of His attributes. Too often songs are chosen for worship which have no organic…

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Worship – Healing for the Nations

You don’t have to look far to find conflict and turmoil. In fact, most reported news is good supporting evidence for the need for diversity and tolerance. But among these ideologies’ great hope for peace and acceptance, diversity and tolerance are failing in schools, places of employment, cities and governments and religious organizations. God seems…

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Worship: The Other White Meat

About fifteen years ago, there was a large push to get Americans to eat more pork. If you remember the TV commercials, the slogan was Pork: The Other White Meat. Basically what those commercials were saying was that the staple white meat of America has always been chicken, but we want you to understand that…

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The Fourth Element

True or false? “The sound system in your church is the same as the system in mine.” The answer to this question seems so obvious, but most sound people have learned most of their audio knowledge with the sound system they work with every week. If this system is not properly set up from the…

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Creativity

To fully appreciate the statement made in the title of this article, you’d have to know that I’m a “techie” at heart. I love toys…um, I mean tools. I only call them tools when I’m talking to the Pastor. Every other time: toys. I like to edit. I enjoy shooting (camera work). Building graphics brings…

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Worship Online

One of our joys here at EXW is to pass on the great sites that we discover to help worship ministries and leaders. Well, we have a great resource that we are excited to share with you. Worship Online is an awesome tool for the worship leader who wants to better grow in his craft…

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Trust and Hope

Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.” Do you hate to hear a perpetual cheerful person that never appears to have a bad day their whole life? When asked…

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The Greatest of these…

When I begin to evaluate my ministry tool belt, several things come to mind. As a worship leader of 20 years I have fair skills in music and in organization. My education has been a blessing to help prepare me for God’s calling on my life. I know how to lead a choir and band…

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